Students beaten with sticks, bicycle thrown at them; clash breaks out between two groups inside JNU campus

NEW DELHI: A clash broke out between ABVP and Left-backed student groups at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi on Thursday night. Several students were seen fighting among themselves. Videos showing a man beating students with sticks and another man throwing bicycles at them have come out.

VIDEO | A clash broke out between ABVP and Left-backed groups at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi, on Thursday night. The ruckus was over the selection of election committee members at the School of Languages. (Source: Third Party) pic.twitter.com/vQV991KaIe

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The clash broke out between the two groups during the meeting held last night regarding the campus elections. Students of both groups have lodged police complaints regarding the incident. A university official said the injured students have been admitted to Safdarjung Hospital. The university has not made any official response about the incident. It is not clear how many students were injured.